(09-09-2013 07:51 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote: (09-09-2013 07:22 PM)grapes Wrote: (09-09-2013 05:16 PM)TeKERaider Wrote: After 6 years you are not rebuilding. You are what you are. A basketball school with a bad football program. Nothing wrong with that. I often wonder if memphis wouldnt be better off if they dropped football altogether. It actually brings down your preception in athetics compared to a Gonzaga or other similar programs
Of course your basketball team having to vacate its most successful moments doesn't help but either way it's time to stop calling it rebuilding. You are we thought you were.
We have not done the things we are doing now when it comes to "rebuilding". You're wrong. Memphis is taking strides its never done before to help the football. I wouldn't be surprised if Memphis takes y'all out saturday. That'll show you all that we're serious, and if we don't then thats fine. Getting better will have conflicts through it, we're not going to just pop up and be amazing again. Its going to be a process. In your eyes this process has been going on for 6 years. No, its been going on for just one. And this year its really kicking into gear if you ask me.
So your wrong on that behalf, BUT.
Lets just say your right about the whole "Memphis is only a basketball school statement"
At least we have a legitimate nationally recognized team.
Something MTSU will never have with its simply mediocre sports teams.
We actually have a core sport that we preform amazing in, like i said a nationally recognized team and brand.
MTSU is just basic, theres tons of colleges that preform like you.
This right here. This is the reason why we have a problem with the Memphis people. Memphis has one good program and they think their entire university has developed a "national brand." Basketball has a national notoriety but the school is not a national brand. Aside from hoops there isn't a single sport that Memphis outperforms MT at other than maybe softball (not sure.).
But our disdain for Memphis originates from this attitude. They started exactly the same way we did and because they were allowed to change their name through the years and got more money for their school from corrupt politicians than we got for ours that merits their holier than thou attitude toward MT.
There's only one thing worse than a snob. It's someone who acts like a snob but in reality has absolutely no reason for doing so. At least Vandy and Tennessee have a reason. It's just embarrassing for Memphis.
Are you blind, we are a national brand. Basketball alone achieves that for us. And we out preform you in sports for sure. You honestly don't have your facts straight.
Baseball
Basketball
Soccer
Tennis
Golf
All better, the only thing i could even find that MTSU had on us is your football.
And MTSU has been too 3 Bowls in the last 12 years.
Guess what? Memphis has been to 5 in the last 12 years
Your sadly mistaken, I know you want to believe MTSU is on pare with Memphis. But in reality Memphis is far superior.
Y'all have a decent athletic department though, its not
bad. But we've worked to hard to get to where we are. And i cant let a MTSU fan argue that there better then us after everything.
Its okay to stand behind your team though, believe what you want.
But i think i got my point across.